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<WL>犊(F犢) [dú] (牛犊子) calf
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<WL>犊(F犢) [dú] (牛犊子) calf (young bovine/cow/bull); 初生之犊 newborn calf; young child/person
From 牛 (niú) ‘cow’ and 卖() (same phonetic component as in 读讀 dú ‘read’).
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The simple-form character 犊 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 犢, replacing the full-form component 賣 (15 strokes) with its simple form 卖 (8 strokes).
#rD.3.1812.9 B.232.1.05
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The full-form character 犢 is itself an abbrev. of older complex forms; the right-side of 犢 looks like 賣 mài ‘sell’, but was formerly wr. with the obsolete form 𧶠 yù ‘hawk/sell’.
#c牛卖牜十乛头买
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 犊/犢(􀌍) dú ‘(deliver a) calf (young bovine)’ combines 牛 (niú) ‘cow’, and 卖/賣(􁅍𧸇𧶠) (phonosemantic).
#y duhk-</WL>
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Note: The modern component looks like 卖/賣 mài ‘sell’, but was formerly wr. 𧶠(􁅍𧸇) yù ‘hawk/sell’; cf. 读/讀(􀘵) dú ‘read’.
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Compare: 𫧿/贕 dú ‘bad egg’; 㱩/殰(􀫦) dú ‘abort/miscarry’.
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#rD.3.1812.9 B.232.1.05 E.0
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#c牛卖牜十买乛头
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#y duhk-
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